Steve Pearce

Today we take a brief respite from the sound of basketballs echoing through gymnasiums and the sight of footballs – deflated or otherwise – spiraling through the air. Spring training is only about three weeks away and major league general managers have spent the past three months assembling their rosters. Or, more accurately in the case of one particular GM, reading Canadian travel brochures and dreaming about the Great White North. For the Baltimore Orioles, this has been a winter marked by, ahem, inactivity. Perhaps that was the plan all along. Or perhaps the club Dan Duquette has been focused on plays in Toronto. At the end of last season, I remember reading a piece by...

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